Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-01

man class of 300 will be secured.
Near Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday
while an artesian well was being drilled
petroleum was struck at a depth of 2l0
feet. The discovery causes great excite
ment.
The Republican club of New York city
has sent circular letter TO the Republic
can clubs of the country proposing a
national convention of delegates from
these clubs.
The statement made at Baltimore by
DR.. McGlynn to the effect that the Pope
intended to establish papal nuncio at
Washington is emphatically contradicted
by Cardinal Gibbons.
William Bulls of Glens Falls. y. Y,
claims to have discovered a mountain of
coal in Warren county in the vicinity of
the North Creek. 1t makes splendid fuel.
The discovery is causing considerable eX-
element.
The total collections of internal revenue
during the first ! | months of the fiscal year
ending June 30 were Sos .6GJ. S9l. or ST.
56l ,335 more than the collections during
the corresponding period of the previous
fiscal year
1t is expected that a conference of lead
ers in the Democratic party will be held
III Washington soon, when an effort will
be made to harmonic the party on the
tariff question. Mr. Randall is not eX-
pected to be present.
y dispatch from Chicago says the Rev.
| DR.. Edward McGlynn intends to become
a Knight of Labor and to work hereafter
! in the interest of that organization
part of his time at least, with view of
! disseminating his land theories.
They had hail-storm out near Yates
Center. Kan, Saturday so terrific that all
the glass on one side of a passenger train
was demolished and the engineer had to
stop the train and crawl under his engine
for shelter. The local corn crop was
destroyed.
The jury in the trial of Cora Lee at
Springfield, Mo-. charged with the
murder of Mrs. Sarah Graham, failed to
agree on a verdict. This was the case
in which Mrs. Emma Malloy. who once
lectured on temperance in this State. was
implicated.
Ex-Gov. Arson p. Morrill, of Augusta.
Me-. suffered a partial stroke of paralysis
Monday afternoon while out riding. He
was at once taken to his home. He is
able to move his limbs and converse. and
his physician hopes that he will recover.
Mr. Morrill, is 81 years old.
The bonds. stocks. insurance policies
and other effects of Judge Cochrane of
Atlanta, Ga, who died ten days ago. are
missing. Their value is about 100000.
They are probably in some safe deposit
vault in the North The judge was at
torney for the Pullman Car company.
The will is also missing.
Rev DR.. Thomas b. Miller. a Methodist
preacher of Philadelphia was arrested
sunday. on the charge of performing a
criminal operation on Mrs. Sarah Ellen
Robinson. 33 years old. living on Fair
child street. The prisoner has figured in
several similar cases before, but has
always escaped conviction.
John Tobin of Kansas City i, about to
institute suit against Salt Lake City
for property valued at Sl.OO0.OO0. In
lSGS. he says. he was obliged to fly from
salt Lake, leaving his property. just
before John ID. Lee was hanged for the
Mountain Meadow massacre he confessed
he had been ordered by Brigham Young
to murder Tobin.
\ party of 30 masked men rode into
koscu>ko, Miss, Thursday morning,
overpowered the iiailer and dragged out
James W. Webb. Il white man charged
with poisoning his wife. The murderer
was taken to railroad bridge and >u>-
pended from it by a rope around his neck.
hi, is said to be the 2l5th case of lynch
ing in the State since Gov. Lowry was
elected.
Monday afternoon "A mob of 200 strik-
ers attacked men working on Gorham
street. Rochester. y. Y. \ number of
policemen arrived. and they began at
once to stone the officers. who. finding
their clubs useless, opened fire with their
revolvers, which quickly dispersed the
mob. 1t is reported that one of the strik-
ers has died from his wounds. Several
Others were arrested
On Friday remarkable panic occurred
in the New York stock market on the re-
; ported death of Jay Gould and from other
baseless causes. The break in values was
from to 10 per cent. The official record
shows that the transactions in the stock
exchange amounted to 636.413 shares.
This is the largest days business for any
day since the panic of last December
! The drop in prices was greater, too.
Gov Hill of New York has signed the
only liquor bill of all that were given him
by the legislature. 1t prohibits the sale
ties of five gallons or upward in those
: cities. towns or villages wherein the local
authorities do not grant single retail
license. Under existing laws the selling
of liquors in quantities of five gallons and
upward is not regulated or prohibited,
nor is any license required therefor.
4 New York Herald Washington special
says the President said Saturday evening
: in conversation with friend in reference
to his contemplated western trip, that he
+ had about given up the idea of being
, present at st. Louis during the encamp'
ment of the Grand Army He under
! stands that the weather is very hot there
during September, and he thought of de-
; ferring his visit until October when the
exposition would be in full operation.
Jacob Sharp has been convicted. \
New York dispatch of Wednesday says
The court room was densely crowded
: when Col. Fellows began his address tC
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